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Andromeda has a new faintest satellite galaxy
Though tiny, this newfound satellite galaxy around M31 offers big lessons — and questions — about how galaxies evolve.
The Andromeda Mystery: Hubble Discovers Strange Galactic Behavior
A Swarm of Dwarf Galaxies Buzz Around Our Milky Way's Twin Imagine the Milky Way and Andromeda as two massive aircraft ...
Andromeda XXXV: This Newly Discovered Galaxy Shouldn’t Exist, but It Does
A major discovery on the outskirts of Andromeda is shaking up our understanding of galactic evolution. Astronomers have found the dimmest and smallest satellite galaxy yet—Andromeda XXXV—forcing them ...
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NASA’s Hubble provides bird’s-eye view of Andromeda galaxy’s ecosystem
This is a wide-angle view of the distribution of known satellite galaxies orbiting the large Andromeda galaxy (M31), located 2.5 million light-years away. The Hubble Space Telescope was used to ...
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'Once-in-a-lifetime' planetary parade photo captures 10 celestial bodies in a single shot
A rare grouping of 10 celestial bodies is captured in a stunning new photo taken during last weekend’s great planetary parade ...
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New dwarf galaxy discovered in the halo of Andromeda galaxy
One of the great places to look for dwarf galaxies is the halo of the Andromeda galaxy (also known as Messier 31, or M31 for short), due to its relative proximity. UNIONS is so far the deepest ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
The Andromeda nebula, M31, was a prominent example. It’s visible to the naked eye from a dark site. The Andromeda galaxy, then known as the Andromeda nebula, is a bright spot in the sky that ...